Tim Ferris had been seen wearing a T-shirt designed by Willo Sana during her designer career and running one of her creative businesses. An internet veteran and serial entrepreneur, Willo's founded several creative businesses, served as co-founder of two startups, produced a video series, and launched multiple e-courses and high-level training inspiring ambitious, purpose-driven individuals to thrive in all areas of their lives. The foundation of Willo's work is clarity, courage, and compassion–...
Dec 25, 2017•1 hr 30 min
Michaela was born in a male body but identifies as a woman. That is the true definition of being transgender, Michaela explains. How did it feel growing up in the United Kingdom in the 60s being a boy but really feeling like a girl? How did it feel holding a secret for more than 20 years and being afraid to “come out”? How and why did the transformation occur? How does transgender relate to sexuality? How and why one does one go through a name change? All these questions and more, Michalea Light...
Dec 21, 2017•1 hr 50 min
"Using a hair-dryer or charging her laptop? Shower first or washing dishes? These are the daily realities of living full-time in a trailer traveling across North America. While the idea of quitting your job and moving into a trailer to travel full-time sounds incredibly magical, the reality is not all that glamorous. Freeing indeed, but a pain in the ass logistically and emotionally. Tina Eaton became an “accidental freelancer” after she and her boyfriend had quit their jobs and sold most of the...
Dec 18, 2017•1 hr 42 min
There is nothing in the world that would stop Esther Jacobs from achieving her goal. She’s got no excuses for not challenging the status quo and pushing through adversities. Ever felt like giving up because life was just too hard? Esther did too but she had always pushed through no matter what. Even when she had to raise 16 million euros for charities without any prior experience (and then was knighted by the Queen of Netherlands for it); or when she had survived for 27 days on the “Survivor” TV...
Dec 14, 2017•1 hr 29 min
Andie Aronow is a singer & vocalist, music commercial supervisor, artists & repertoire supervisor, as well as the founder and curator of Women That Rock movement. Born and raised in New York City Andie was singing in commercials and going to auditions since she was a little girl. Music was something she loved and pursued relentlessly. She chose to focus on the business side of the industry and is now juggling four various jobs hustling hard and loving every minute of it. Andie also share...
Dec 11, 2017•1 hr 19 min
Ever been Instagram depressed? You know, the times when you can’t stop scrolling through accounts with gorgeous photo grids with super engaging captions… The accounts that seem to have it all figured out and their amount of followers is simply growing minute by minute… How the hell do they do that?! So many of us are struggling with trying to understand how to build a beautiful Instagram account with a genuine following. On this episode, Allie Smith gives us a step by step plan on how to start b...
Dec 07, 2017•1 hr 13 min
Scared to death of starting your thing, putting yourself out there and actually starting a business? Frankie was too. She still is… (aren’t we all?!) But she’s showing up every single day fighting her fears, wrestling with deadlines and learning from her clients and community. She finds great value in staying connected with entrepreneurial online communities where she grows and expands. She also has been working on transforming her business and money mindset into owning her story, her expertise ...
Dec 04, 2017•1 hr 13 min
Crying on the train back from work, Amanda realized how deeply unhappy she was at her job and how “wasting” her precious creative hours on a mechanical job was killing her softly. While moving countries from US to Paris to London and then Hong Kong, she had found Wellpreneur - a successful online business teaching wellness entrepreneurs digital marketing and business. A digital storyteller, wellpreneur, writer and podcast host - she had recently rediscovered her passion in herbal medicine, tradi...
Nov 30, 2017•1 hr 15 min
Does it feel like your world is turning upside down? Relax, you’re not the only one. Apparently, there is an explanation. Saturn Returns. Or you’re simply hitting your mid-life crisis. Whatever it is - you need to listen to this episode. Louise Cottrell shares her journey of chilling out through life challenges and struggles. And no, she’s not a life coach. In fact, she’s a Pinterest Coach obsessed with personal growth. And she has figured out the formula for staying content and happy through th...
Nov 27, 2017•1 hr 6 min
Imagine being faced with a decision that you know so many will judge you for and even consider you a traitor. This is kind of what happened on Liubov's wedding when her Christian grandmother had given her a necklace with a cross (symbol of Christianity.) “Converting to Islam was the biggest lesson of my life,” says the Ukrainian beauty, who converted to Islam before marrying her Muslim boyfriend. Get ready for some controversial discussion on Liuba’s decision to convert to Islam and the reasonin...
Nov 23, 2017•54 min
Worried about “missing the boat?” Approaching your 30s and are rushing to get your life together, find your ultimate life passion, create a family and that ultimate lifestyle? Stop. Breathe and relax... Because according to Sylvia Van de Logt, you’ve got plenty of time ahead. Sylvia has founded her most successful business out of her passion for fashion and technology at 44! 40plusstyle.com has now reached over 400,000 visitors a month and Sylvia is enjoying a nice 6-figure (almost passive) inco...
Nov 20, 2017•50 min
"The best way to help people out of poverty is to make sure that they can provide for themselves.” That is Stella’s mantra for her social business 22 Stars: exclusive handmade jewelry from recycled paper from Uganda. 22 Stars is not only a social business but also a foundation that helps support more than 125 children by taking them off the stone quarries and putting them through school every year. We dive deep into the story of how Stella ended up in Uganda, social entrepreneurship and her inte...
Nov 16, 2017•59 min
Imagine a tall blue-eyed blond from a small town of Chelyabinsk, an industrial city in Russia… That’s one of my best girlfriends. They call her the Russian Queen of Dragons because she slays down projects and deadlines like no one else. If there is ever a problem, everyone knows Olga is going to solve it. Naturally, Olga was the maid of honor on my wedding ;-) Besides a deep sharing on what femininity and success is, Olga shares her story of leaving her city in Russia to travel to Malaysia and w...
Nov 13, 2017•1 hr 22 min
Bunny had spent seven years looking for her “purpose” as a multi-passionate entrepreneur. Have you heard the phrase “You are the sum of the five people that surround you”? Well, Bunny took this to another level and is now helping others form mastermind groups in the right way by promoting self-leadership, true connection and support. Bunny shares how she got out of a completely devastating life situation in her 20s and turned it around, as well as that specific moment that led her to truly findi...
Nov 09, 2017•1 hr 5 min
Interested in writing and publishing your own book, becoming an agent or opening a publishing house as well as publishing overseas in foreign languages? Then this episode is for you. Marleen tells us her story of how she managed to combine her love of books and languages with traveling and working for herself which led her to co-founding the 2 Seas Agency in California that specializes in foreign rights in publishing. Marleen has broken family traditions by not becoming a mechanical engineer lik...
Nov 06, 2017•1 hr 34 min
At the age of three Alexandra Jimenez knew she wanted to own a chain of retail fashion stores around the country. While growing up she was entrepreneurial as hell which also got her into trouble with the dean of an all-girl Catholic high-school. After a devastating, soul-crushing situation in her fashion career, she had quit her job and went traveling for 3 months around the world. These three months have changed the whole trajectory of her life leading to her traveling the world on a budget for...
Nov 02, 2017•58 min
Hannah has an incredible story of packing her life into suitcases multiple times for various reasons and moving across the world in search for a new life, new job, new dreams. It’s really a personal story of leadership, courage and ambition. Funny enough, Hannah was my first manager back when I just started to work in Malaysia. I’ve learned so much from her working side by side and seeing how incredibly skillful she is at leading people. Besides a very wise definition of femininity and success H...
Oct 31, 2017•1 hr 8 min
If you follow Regina on Instagram, you will know that she calls herself "Bruce Wayne, except, a female." She also describes herself as a "Stage 5 clinger to business, #jiujitsu, and #vegan tacos." She’s a #Yoga teacher by night and by day she runs her own business Byregina.com - an education & training site for people who want to start their online business. This lady runs a 6-figure business online, creates an incredible amount of super useful content for online entrepreneurs and is adored ...
Oct 13, 2017•1 hr 5 min
Leanne is the craziest digital nomad & location independent entrepreneur from UK who doesn’t take herself seriously, says YES to exciting opportunities with ease and has a great sense of humor that helps her “play" in business and in life. Beside’s Leanne’s story of how she started working online and founding coworker.com you’ll also find out how sexyspatula.com was her best learning experience and why investing in a silly business idea is better than doing an online business course. Leanne ...
Oct 13, 2017•52 min
Welcome to the Girlskill Podcast where twice a week we have inspiring conversations with real women about womanhood, femininity and success. And I am your host Anna Rova - a location independent entrepreneur traveling the world full-time and working online. Listen up to find out why this podcast was started, our vision for Girlskill and what you should expect from the bi-weekly episodes. We also need your help to truly redefine female success - details in this introductory episode. Welcome! P. S...
Oct 13, 2017•9 min
